Rise & Shine: More school closure news coming today

Cathie Black is researching the schools by talking to Hearst employees with children in them. (NYT)
Shael Polakow-Suranky says his job won’t change much, though his boss and title will. (Daily News)
The city named 12 schools that it plans to close, will announce about a dozen more today. (WSJ, Post)
JFK students say the city helped new schools in the building, but not theirs. (Daily News)
Ross Global Academy plans to fight the city’s determination that it should lose its charter. (NYT)
The charter school’s founder, Courtney Ross, blames the low test scores on multiple relocations. (WSJ)
The UFT defended its position that the city should not release teachers’ effectiveness scores. (GS, Post)
Governor Paterson gave a $500,000 grant to Chess-in-the-Schools. (Post)
Officials haven’t decided how to use space in Marine Park JHS, but parents say no high school. (Post)
Removed from the classroom, a teacher is getting her full salary while writing her memoir. (Daily News)
The Daily News backs Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s move to shutter under-enrolled schools.
A global survey found Americans average in reading, below-average in math. (Washington Post)
Shanghai students’ high reading and math scores are catching experts by surprise. (NYT)
Michelle Rhee aims to raise $1 billion to lobby local and federal electeds. (New York Times)